David STUART

(1816-1868)

STUART, David, a
Representative from Michigan; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 12,
1816; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in Detroit, Mich.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third
Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Thirty-third
Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the
Thirty-fourth Congress; moved to Chicago, Ill.; enlisted in the
Union Army and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the
Forty-second Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, July 22, 1861;
colonel of the Fifty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
October 31, 1861; appointed brigadier general of Volunteers
November 29, 1862, but the Senate declined to confirm the
nomination March 11, 1863; resigned April 3, 1863; resumed the
practice of law in Detroit, Mich., and died there September 12,
1868; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present